AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 96, 25 April 1877, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

; -•. „ [Per Rotorua.] V ' Stdnkt, April 18! The prisoner Newman has been sentenced to death fof the. violation .and murder, of the girl Macgregor. He confessed to the crimes. A farewell soiree was given to the Rev James Niven, prior to his leaving for Otago. John George, Alderman of Bathurst, committed suicide by taking.adose. of strychnine: J Melbourne, April 'lß. •■ "The extensive fire has caused: trade embarrassments. C. Moliney, .draper, .-was^ insured for £3200; Ross, bootmaker, £650; Smith, painter, £200. Ross'-place was gutted only, but the rest were destroyed.. ... Tha City Council have received a communication from hundreds of nr en employed in jthe United States, principally good mechanics. of all trades. It is proposed that the ironfounders of. Melbourne should send vessels to bring some of these people, conditionally on their paying passages after arrival here. ' . The City Council cannot take any action re the publicans' petition" for Sunday hours. The iron ship City of Foo Chow, stranded on Flinders Island, has been sold for £500. The Colonial Bank have declared a dividend of 8 per cent. The Customs authorities have sold Stevensons' goods, seized twelve months ago. Stevensons protested, but the sale went on. The City of Melbourne Bank has declared a dividend of six per cent. Adelaide, April 18. All-England Eleven v. Adelaide Twentytwo.—ln their first innings the Englishmen Liade 75— Ulyett 17, Jupp 10, Greenwood 0, Charlwood 9, Hill 6, Shaw 2, Emmett 14, Lillywhite 4, Southerton 2, Armitage 8. The Adelaide men in their first innings made 7 1, j the highest scores being Good 28, King 9, Jervis 8. Nine made duck's eggs. The English in their second innings had 9 wickets down for 138; Jupp, 18, Charlwood, 7, Ulyett 58, Selby 7, Greenwood 0, Emmett 25, Hill 2, Lillywhite 8, Shaw 9, Southerton, not out, 0. The Adelaide Cricketers' Association have authorised Lillywhite to secure a trainer for the Adelaide cricketers. Brisbane, April 18. The Government have notified that no application for Kanaka labor will hereafter be granted except for employment on tropical agriculture. The Chinese on the Palmer number 11,000